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Technical and Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Water Distribution Systems

Authors: Nazli Yonca Aydin, Larry Mays, Theo Schmitt

Published in: Water Resources Management | Issue 13/2014

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An environmental and technical sustainability assessment methodology is developed for both centralized and dual water distribution systems (WDSs) with and without fire flow scenarios. Technical sustainability of potable and reclaimed water networks is measured by a sustainability index (SI) assessment using reliability, resiliency, and vulnerability performance criteria. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPANET software is used to simulate hydraulic (i.e. nodal pressure) and water quality (i.e. water age) analysis in a WDS. Total fresh water use and total energy intensity are considered as environmental sustainability criteria. The procedure considers two separate alternatives for meeting fire flows: (1) adding pumping to a system or (2) adding a non-potable WDS. The reclaimed system is designed using linear programming (LP) optimization. For each alternative, multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is used to combine technical and environmental sustainability criteria for an urban WDS.

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Title: Technical and Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Water Distribution Systems
Authors: Nazli Yonca Aydin
Larry Mays
Theo Schmitt
Publication date: 01-10-2014
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Water Resources Management / Issue 13/2014
Print ISSN: 0920-4741
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1650
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-014-0768-y

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